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2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Rice, BB0330 - Eliminate sunset for diesel truck idling reduction grant program
For 2019-2021 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
state government
General state government
1. Diesel truck idling reduction grants
This bill eliminates the December 31, 2021, sunset for the diesel truck idling reduction grant program, under which DOA makes grants to cover a portion of a grant recipient's cost to purchase and field test devices that reduce the long-duration idling of diesel trucks.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1. 16.956 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.956 (2) Authority.
Beginning on July 1, 2006, and ending on June 30, 2020, the The department may award a grant to an eligible applicant for the purchase and field testing of one or more idling reduction units as provided in subs. (3) and (4).
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2. 16.956 (4) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
16.956 (4) (cm) Subject to par. (d), the department may make grants under this section from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2020, of 50 percent of the eligible costs for an idling reduction unit installed on a truck tractor, unless the department has previously awarded a grant under this section for an idling reduction unit installed on the truck tractor.
Section
3. 16.956 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
Section
4. 20.505 (1) (s) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.505 (1) (s) Diesel truck idling reduction grant administration. From the petroleum inspection fund, the amounts in the schedule for administering the Diesel Truck Idling Reduction Grant Program under s. 16.956. No funds may be encumbered under this paragraph after December 31, 2021.
Section
5. 20.505 (1) (sa) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.505 (1) (sa) Diesel truck idling reduction grants. From the petroleum inspection fund, the amounts in the schedule for diesel truck idling reduction grants under s. 16.956. No funds may be encumbered under this paragraph after June 30, 2020.
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